Bubbico L, Tognola G, Grandori F
Italian Institute of Social Medicine/INAPP. Public Policy Innovation. Department of Biomedical Science. Hearing Loss Research Group, Rome, Italy.
CNR Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering. Engeneering for Health and Wellbeing, Milan, Italy.
Ann Ig. 2017 Mar-Apr;29(2):116-122. doi: 10.7416/ai.2017.2138.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the state of implementation of the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Programs in Italy and to determine the effect that an ad hoc legislation may have on the percentage of infants screened for detection of hearing impairment in nurseries.
Italian Newborn Hearing Screening data were obtained during four national surveys (years 2003, 2006, 2008, and 2011). The screening rates obtained by the Regions which adopted or did not adopt a legislation to increase the newborns' coverage were compared.
In 2011, the average coverage rate was 78.3%, but in 12 out of 20 Regions it exceeded 95%. Coverage rate was greater in Regions that implemented an ad hoc legislation compared to Regions that did not. As a matter of fact, Regions which passed the legislation screened more than 95% of infants, whereas Regions without legislation reported a mean screening rate of nearly 67% of newborns.
Current results seem to confirm that a specific legislation might have a decisive effect on the increase of rate of coverage of newborn hearing screenings.
本研究旨在评估意大利新生儿听力筛查项目的实施状况，并确定一项专门立法对托儿所中接受听力障碍检测筛查的婴儿比例可能产生的影响。
意大利新生儿听力筛查数据来自四次全国性调查（2003年、2006年、2008年和2011年）。对采用或未采用立法以提高新生儿覆盖率的地区所获得的筛查率进行了比较。
2011年，平均覆盖率为78.3%，但在20个地区中的12个地区，该覆盖率超过了95%。与未实施专门立法的地区相比，实施了专门立法的地区覆盖率更高。事实上，通过该立法的地区对超过95%的婴儿进行了筛查，而未立法的地区报告的新生儿平均筛查率接近67%。
目前的结果似乎证实，一项特定的立法可能对提高新生儿听力筛查覆盖率具有决定性作用。
